diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d19db509..7980d3f4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ modules:
 	done 
 
 .PHONY: install
-install:
+install: modules
 	@set -e; \
 	for r in $(subdirs) "" ; do \
 		if [ -n "$$r" ]; then \
diff --git a/apps/Makefile b/apps/Makefile
index 1dc66a3b..059d8cc7 100644
--- a/apps/Makefile
+++ b/apps/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ modules:
 install: install-bin
 
 .PHONY: install-bin
-install-bin:
+install-bin: modules
 	@set -e; \
 	for r in $(app_modules) "" ; do \
 		if [ -n "$$r" ]; then \
diff --git a/apps/dsm/mods/Makefile b/apps/dsm/mods/Makefile
index 9f7f10a8..1cc565a8 100644
--- a/apps/dsm/mods/Makefile
+++ b/apps/dsm/mods/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ modules:
 install: install-bin
 
 .PHONY: install-bin
-install-bin:
+install-bin: modules
 	@set -e; \
 	for r in $(dsm_modules) "" ; do \
 		if [ -n "$$r" ]; then \
diff --git a/apps/examples/Makefile b/apps/examples/Makefile
index f60e2e72..7d46bb63 100644
--- a/apps/examples/Makefile
+++ b/apps/examples/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ modules:
 install: install-bin
 
 .PHONY: install-bin
-install-bin:
+install-bin: modules
 	@set -e; \
 	for r in $(modules) "" ; do \
 		if [ -n "$$r" ]; then \
diff --git a/apps/examples/tutorial/Makefile b/apps/examples/tutorial/Makefile
index fa032c61..a8b42db6 100644
--- a/apps/examples/tutorial/Makefile
+++ b/apps/examples/tutorial/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ modules:
 install: install-bin
 
 .PHONY: install-bin
-install-bin:
+install-bin: modules
 	@set -e; \
 	for r in $(modules) "" ; do \
 		if [ -n "$$r" ]; then \
diff --git a/apps/py_sems/Makefile.py_sems_application b/apps/py_sems/Makefile.py_sems_application
index d97ddb5c..f14fe4f3 100644
--- a/apps/py_sems/Makefile.py_sems_application
+++ b/apps/py_sems/Makefile.py_sems_application
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PYCHECKERDOCARGS = --classdoc --funcdoc
 module_conf_files =  $(notdir $(wildcard etc/*.conf))
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: clean compile
+all: compile
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f ${TARBALL_PREFIX}*.tar.gz
 
 .PHONY: compile
-compile: 
+compile: clean
 	python${PYTHON_VERSION} $(PYSEMSPATH)/py_comp -q .
 
 .PHONY: install
diff --git a/apps/sbc/call_control/Makefile b/apps/sbc/call_control/Makefile
index e80035fa..692e4406 100644
--- a/apps/sbc/call_control/Makefile
+++ b/apps/sbc/call_control/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ modules:
 install: install-bin install-cfg
 
 .PHONY: install-bin
-install-bin:
+install-bin: modules
 	@set -e; \
 	for r in $(cc_modules) "" ; do \
 		if [ -n "$$r" ]; then \
diff --git a/apps/webconference/pyqtgui/Makefile b/apps/webconference/pyqtgui/Makefile
index 1aafef80..17634400 100644
--- a/apps/webconference/pyqtgui/Makefile
+++ b/apps/webconference/pyqtgui/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 all: participant.py conftable.py callbox.py account.py
 
-install:
+install: all
 	cp *.py tablet/conf
 
 %.py: %.ui
diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 0ebff399..bdb9878d 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -115,10 +115,8 @@ $(NAME): sip_stack resample_lib core ../Makefile.defs
 	$(LD) -o $(NAME) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 
 
-install: all mk-install-dirs \
-	install-audio \
-	install-bin \
-	install-modules
+install: mk-install-dirs
+	$(MAKE) install-audio install-bin install-modules
 
 
 # note: on solaris 8 sed: ? or \(...\)* (a.s.o) do not work
@@ -135,10 +133,10 @@ install-cfg: $(DESTDIR)$(cfg_target) $(DESTDIR)$(app_cfg_target)
 
 		$(INSTALL_CFG) etc/app_mapping.conf.sample $(DESTDIR)$(app_cfg_target)app_mapping.conf
 
-install-bin: $(DESTDIR)$(bin_prefix)/$(bin_dir)
+install-bin: $(NAME) $(DESTDIR)$(bin_prefix)/$(bin_dir)
 		$(INSTALL_BIN) $(NAME) $(DESTDIR)$(bin_prefix)/$(bin_dir)
 
-install-modules: $(PLUGIN_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(modules_prefix)/$(modules_dir)
+install-modules: modules $(PLUGIN_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(modules_prefix)/$(modules_dir)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PLUGIN_DIR) install
 
 install-modules-cfg: $(PLUGIN_DIR) 
diff --git a/core/plug-in/Makefile b/core/plug-in/Makefile
index 5fc20087..5b9c6a68 100644
--- a/core/plug-in/Makefile
+++ b/core/plug-in/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ modules:
 	done 
 
 .PHONY: install
-install:
+install: modules
 	@set -e; \
 	for r in $(core_modules) "" ; do \
 		if [ -n "$$r" ]; then \
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index f248442c..5c4a484f 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ include $(COREPATH)/../Makefile.defs
 
 sems_tools = sems-logfile-callextract
 
-install: $(sems_tools) install_tools
+install: install_tools
 
 make_tools: $(sems_tools)
 
-install_tools: $(DESTDIR)$(bin_prefix)/$(bin_dir)
+install_tools: make_tools $(DESTDIR)$(bin_prefix)/$(bin_dir)
 	@set -e; \
 	for r in $(sems_tools)  ; do \
 		x=`echo $$r | sed s/sems-/$(APP_NAME)-/g` ; \